3 ms·
When we talk about "Creationism" in the US, it generally means the young-Earth variety, with a belief in a 6000 year old universe, with history basically going:
by jcromartie 13y ago
When we talk about "Creationism" in the US, it generally means the young-Earth variety, with a belief in a 6000 year old universe, with history basically going: creation week, pre-fall, post-fall/pre-flood, Noah's flood, followed by all of post-Flood history (which we live in today).
This leads to all sorts of hypotheses one could make about geology, biology, speciation, etc.
- code4life 13y agoI totally disagree. When I talk about "Creationism" I'm talking about a creation event that occurred (say 6000 years ago). The implementation details aren't necessarily important. The first 16 billion years could have been emulated and then placed on the live hardware to run after that. The initial faith has a lot to do with our final outcomes. Scientists are rather forced to believe in evolution (or some other form of something from nothing). How else could this wonder have happened? Creationists start with the belief of something from God. This generally tends them to steer in a direction away from thinking evolution is true. Not necessarily though. Either way, the point is, the creationists don't necessarily worry about implementation and so the young earth ideology shouldn't be tagged with them. That's my take anyways.
- pekk 13y agoScientists aren't forced to believe in evolution. It's falsifiable, it just isn't being falsified. Evolution isn't something from nothing in any way, this is a profound misunderstanding. Your usage of the word "creationism" is at variance with many others' usages.